Weight of the World-p.r.s

07-vows

The next day, Brooke found herself sitting across from Jayden in the meeting room. They were the only two in there, and it was unnerving. An uncomfortable silence filled the room, and after a couple of moments, Jayden sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose.

Taking it as the cue to start speaking, Brooke's eyes flashed as she wet her dry lips. "Red, what's this about?" She asked nervously, chewing on her bottom lip as she took in Jayden's disgruntled expression.

Instead of answering her question directly, Jayden started his lecture. It was about how she shouldn't fight alone, which Brooke found somewhat hypocritical. She knew that Jayden would do the same in the heartbeat for the team as well. However, she didn't bring that fact to light, just propping her chin on her fist and half listening to Jayden.

It wasn't the best thing in the world, but she easily just tuned him out, giving a quiet "mhm" whenever he hammered a point home. It was ten minutes of Brooke's life she didn't get back, and while she cared about Jayden deeply, she truly wished he would stop talking.

After what seemed like hours, Brooke breathed out a sigh of relief when she left the meeting room, running a hand over her face. "Remind me to never piss off Red again," Brooke muttered as she took a seat next to Emily.

The others, sans Kevin and Jayden, were playing with their zords. Brooke took her wolf zord out of her pocket, and the parallelogram instantly unfolded, forming into the wolf zord. The silver and black robot barked at the other zords, metal tail wagging happily, and the others let out their own greetings. The wolf zord hopped down from Brooke's hand nuzzling each of the robots in turn with its metal snout.

As the wolf zord playfully tussled with the bear zord, Mike let out a low whistle. "You certainly got an earful," The green ranger stated the obvious, and Brooke rolled her eyes. "What'd he even talk to you about? It seemed like he had a list."

The silver ranger shrugged, twirling a piece of her hair around her finger. "Dunno, zoned out like… two minutes in," Brooke replied nonchalantly, and the three others shot her looks of disbelief. "I'm not joking. But don't tell him that, yeah?" She grinned, and Mia smiled gently at Brooke.

"It's because he cares, Brooke." The pink ranger stated, her voice soft, and Brooke furrowed her brows, eyes flashing.

Mike nodded, snickering. "I've never seen him more panicked. Jayden looked like he was about to have a breakdown." The green ranger added, and Brooke drew her knees to her chest, confusion etched on her face.

"Huh." That's all Brooke said, seemingly lost in thought as she watched the zords.

The wolf zord gave up trying to tussle the bear zord, and the wolf was letting out playful growls at the green and black robot. The bear zord chased the wolf around the table for a moment, catching the silver robot and the two launching into their playful fighting again.

"Huh?" Emily echoed, confusion written on her face. "What's confusing about it?" The yellow ranger questioned the silver.

Brooke's eyes flashed as she spoke, landing on a mixture of grey and gold."I never had someone lecture me because they care before," Brooke confessed sheepishly, avoiding eye contact with the three other rangers. "It's… strange."

"What about Mary? She's your guardian, right?" Mia asked, and Brooke snorted, rolling her eyes.

The silver ranger hopped up from her seat, holding out her hand. The wolf zord galloped through the air and landed in its owner's hand, curling back up into a parallelogram. "Mary's my legal guardian, yes, but she just lets me do stupid shit and learn from my mistakes," Brooke explained, attaching her zord to one of the belt loops on her jeans. "I'm gonna go for a walk, tell Red where I am, please. I can't take another lecture today." Not waiting for a response, she left the room, sticking her hands into the pockets of her leather jacket.